Wedded Bliss

Tonight, or this morning, whichever it may be wherever you are, I bring you a card of wedded bliss.  So remember, way back when, earlier this summer when I posted a wedding album for my friend?  Well, I finally finished the card for it.  Hah...am I slow this summer or what?  Must be the intense heat of summer.  I managed to weave back through my leftovers and found some scraps from the Cappella Album Kit.  Since I had the Loving Thoughts JustRite stamp set handy, I married the two together for quite a nice coupling, I think.


The photo on the card is a picture of their rings and I had wanted to use this in the album but ran out of pages.  Who here has ever run into that problem?  Well wouldn't you know, the lovely team over at the JustRite blog challenged everyone to make a card with a photo on it (Challenge #28).  Perfect timing, I say.

To create this shape card, you need cardstock (folded in half) and a set of the large scalloped Nestabilities.  First, place the largest nestability die over the folded cardstock, leaving the top edge off the folded seam, as seen in the photo below.  After running it through your die cut machine, you now have a folded scalloped card for your base.  Next, cut out a full scalloped circle, embellish it and then glue it down to the base. 

Paper: Patterned Paper (Capella Album Kit)
Stamp: JustRite Stamps - Loving Thoughts Set
Flowers:  Prima
Ink: Distress Inks by Ranger (Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Walnut Stain)
Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities (Large Scallop Circle, Large Label), Quickutz Flourish

Summer is here and I think it's Delovely!

It's hot, hot, hot and so I'm indoors scrapping away.  The girls have been begging me to decorate a bird house for them and I've been so inspired by bird tags my friend Donna has been creating, so I paired this wooden birdhouse with the Cosmo Cricket Delovely Deluxe kit from Lil' Lambs Boutique and stayed up until 3:00am to finish it.  I know...I just couldn't stop once I had started.  The bright, vibrant, Summer colors in this kit were perfect for our Avian Abode. Thanks to my lovely daughters for the use of their "peepers" for the photo shoot.

To create the roof shingles, I punched the small floral paper with the Threading Water punch by Fiskars.  The edges are inked with Distress ink (Worn Lipstick used here).  Tip...Tip...Tip...I got this awesome tip from my Swirly Sister Jan on using border punches in a circular pattern. I can't believe I never thought of this. You can read her full tip here.  Basically, I snipped the back edge of the border punch so I could slightly fold the scallops as I adhered around the circular roof.  Thanks Jan!  I plucked the birdie from the die cut card sheet, backed him with the yellow floral paper and attached him to the roof.  Isn't he so whimsical?

The bigger scalloped roof shingles are made using template packaging of all things.  You never know what you can reuse.  I grabbed the packaging and traced the edge onto the small floral paper, cut and inked the edges.  This line has wonderful floral patterns and I used the big floral pattern to cut out flower flourishes.  They are backed with the yellow floral patterned paper and then pop dotted to the walls of the bird house.  

The tiny fence  was created using a border punch by Martha Stewart.  It made a wonderful bottom border for my faux bird bath.  The kit comes with Doodlebug Sugar Coating that I used to create my sparkly water around the bottom.

Finally, to finish off the project, I grabbed this Summery sentiment from my JustRite Seeds of Kindness stamp collection.  To create the dual tone impression, first place your sentiment on the JustRite Wood Block stamper and ink with Black Archival ink.  Next, place your border onto the Wood Block and then ink with Prussian Blue Chalk ink being careful not to touch the center.  Stamp your impression and there you have it...dual colors.  I attached a sparkly dragonfly charm and the JustRite tag to the roof with jump rings.

I'm not done with this kit yet.  I sitll have plenty left for several more projects which I hope to get put up this week.  Have a wonderful weekend!

JustRite Sketch Challenge #024

Ah, it feels good to get back in the groove again.  If you ever hit a slump, I highly recommend sketch challenges.  They provide just enough boost to get your creative burners flowing again.  This week, at JustRite, we were given the following sketch challenge with the requirement to use an Americana color scheme.

Fitting that I just received 2 batches of JustRite stamps from Lil' Lambs Boutique.  I decided to rotate the sketch for my card.  The stamp is from the Seeds of Kindness collection.  I created the white borders using the Doily Lace Trim Martha Stewart punch.

I decided to create my own patterned paper for the red strip.  Here's a quick tutorial on creating your own patterned paper. First, cut out a small flower using a die machine or stencil (Tattered Florals Alterations Die used here).  Take a blank ink pen and trace around the flower onto the red paper strip.  Set white flower randomly about when tracing.

Next, take a white opaque pen (Inkssentials used here) and draw white dots around the inner edge of your traced flowers.  It's as simple as that.  You now have your own patterned paper.

If you get a chance, stop by JustRite and join the challenge.  You have until Friday.


Paper: AC Cardstock
Stamp: JustRite - Seeds of Kindness collection
Dies: Tattered Floral Alterations Die by Sizzix, Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders
Punch: Doily Lace Trim by Martha Stewart
Inkssentials Opaque Pen
Stickles by Ranger Ink: Christmas Red